Solution Selling: Creating New Opportunities

Overview/Description
For most sales professionals, prospecting for new customers and making those initial sales calls is a big part of their job. But that doesn't mean it's easy. Conducting prospecting calls is one of the most difficult skills to learn. Potential customers aren't always aware of their needs and often don't appreciate a stranger pointing out their problems. It's the job of the sales professional to recognize potential pain, approach each customer in a tactful and appropriate manner, determine the right solution, and present it in an engaging way that helps the customer make an informed decision. This course explains how to approach sales opportunities when the customer's need is unexpressed or unclear, including how to research a customer's business, identify potential problems, and guide the customer through an exploration of the problem and solution. You'll learn skills needed to carry out planning and research, diagnosing a customer's need, and enticing customers to acknowledge and speak openly about their business problems. And you'll learn some basic calculations used to ensure your solutions are financially beneficial to both you and your customers.

Target Audience
Sales professionals who want to develop their solution selling skills

Expected Duration (hours)
1.0

Lesson Objectives

Solution Selling: Creating New Opportunities

recognize examples of appropriate research and planning activities

evaluate a salesperson's initial message to a prospect

use questioning to diagnose a given customer's needs

calculate the value of the solution to determine its viability

use an investment formula to determine the optimal solution